transport glider

  1. robinbird

    Pre Operation Varsity

    Dad spent 1943 at Sherburn-in-Elemet photographing top secret trials of gliders for major landings such as Operation Varsity on this day March 24 1945. The secret trials were not so much about the gliders but how they handled carrying troops, panniers , field guns and even tanks (in...
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    • 1945 airborne forces airborne forces experimental establishment airmobile allies assault glider british army glider glider infantry great britain transport glider world war ii
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    • Forum: Aviation & Space
  2. M

    Allied XLRA-1 Waterborne Troop Glider

    Greetings All - One more from the National Soaring Museum to share - the Allied XLRA-1. The basic design came from the Bureau of Aeronautics and was then built, with local modifications, by Allied and Bristol. The nearly identical design by Bristol called the XLRQ-1 interestingly had a...
  3. Apophenia

    RMI -- Hungarian Aircraft Designations

    RMI Aircraft Designations RMI stood for Repülo Muszaki Intézet or Aviation Technical Institute. Aircraft were primarily (but not exclusively) designed for RMI by László Varga. As a result, RMI designs are often given the Varga name (in some cases, even when he was not a major designer)...
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    • airborne forces axis powers kingdom of hungary magyar királyi honvéd légierő royal hungarian air force royal hungarian army transport glider world war ii
    • Replies: 14
    • Forum: Designation Systems
  4. Jemiba

    Transport gliders

    During WW II the idea of the transport glider was "en vogue", so several countries developed and built such types. One of them was Sweden. The AB Flygindustri of Halmstad designed a glider with the designation Fi 3 of wooden construction, intended for 11 troops plus pilot. Much better known...
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    • 21st century airborne forces assault glider cargo glider cold war glider late 20th century post-cold war post-world war ii transport glider world war ii
    • Replies: 78
    • Forum: Secret Early Aircraft Projects
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